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Six prominent crypto firms have joined the federation governing Blockstream's Liquid sidechain.
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Blockstream is a blockchain development company founded by Adam Back in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, U.S. Blockstream investors include Horizons Ventures, Blockchain Capital, Digital Currency Group, AXA Strategic Ventures and others. Blockstream is focused on developing Bitcoin sidechains and other blockchain-related applications. Blockstream is also one of the main funders of Bitcoin Core. Blockstream announced a plan to launch a satellite that would broadcast the full Bitcoin blockchain to eliminate the need for internet connection for the use of Bitcoin. Blockstream plans to earn fees taken for the use of the network. Blockstream is also involved in the development of the Lightning Network, writing Bitcoin advancement concepts and is the establisher of Elements Project.
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Bitcoin DeFi, Bitcoin on Ethereum: We explore the ways DeFi and Bitcoin intersect.
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Samson Mow, chief strategy officer at Blockstream, says Bitcoin was never about “transactions per second and coffee,” but about value and a “new financial paradigm.”
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A new take on an old investigation potentially sheds light on the whereabouts of Satoshi Nakamoto — at least while he was working on Bitcoin.
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"Users can’t afford to be cut off from the Bitcoin network."
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As lead maintainer Wladimir van der Laan takes a break from Bitcoin duties, we ask what would happen if the entire Github maintenance team disappeared.
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Wuille will continue contributing to a new Multi-Signature standard for Bitcoin.
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It's like BNB only better, says supposed-Bitcoin maximalists.
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Adam Back has some interesting (if somewhat odd) views on altcoins and the return of Satoshi Nakamoto.
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Adam Back admitted that some ICOs might have funded useful research, but still contends that they are deeply unethical.
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A new Javascript library for Liquid could allow external developers to build a complete ecosystem around the heavily upgraded Bitcoin sidechain.
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Blockstream’s Liquid sidechain suffered a security incident where 870 BTC were briefly available to the company’s emergency recovery multisig contract.
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Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles insists that the 80,000 Bitcoin that Dr. Wright claims were stolen from the exchange, citing expert support.
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Commercial service on Crypto Garage’s Settlenet system, trialled for a year within Japan’s regulatory sandbox, is now available.
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Research by Flipside Crypto into revenue generated by blockchain games shows that, in some cases, gamers are earning more than the game companies.
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